Cosmic genetic evolution /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Steele, E. J., 1948-, Wickramasinghe, Chandra, 1939-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Academic Press, 2020.
Colección:Advances in genetics ; v. 106.
Temas:
Evolutionary genetics.
Cosmology.
Exobiology.
G�en�etique �evolutive.
Cosmologie.
Exobiologie.
cosmology.
Cosmology
Evolutionary genetics
Exobiology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Cosmic Genetic Evolution
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Foreword: Some things are simply given
  • References
  • Preface: The origin of life and astrobiology
  • Disclaimer and acknowledgements
  • Chapter One: Introduction-Panspermia, 2020
  • References
  • Chapter Two: Cometary panspermia and origin of life?
  • 1. Historical context
  • 2. Earliest life on Earth
  • 3. Improbability of the origin of life
  • 4. Interstellar dust, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and biological molecules
  • 5. Comets and biomaterial
  • 6. Some predictions of interstellar panspermia
  • 2.4. Mammalian germ cells
  • 2.4.1. Uptake of foreign DNA by spermatozoa and inherited effects in progeny
  • 2.5. Graft-induced heritable changes in plants
  • 2.5.1. Acquired inheritance
  • 2.6. Adaptive evolution in bacteria and microorganisms
  • 2.6.1. Adaptive hypermutation and SOS genetic responses
  • 3. Conclusions
  • References
  • Further reading
  • Chapter Four: The sociology of science and generality of the DNA/RNA/protein paradigm throughout the cosmos
  • 1. The socio-economic control of science
  • 2. Transition to modern times
  • 3. Cosmic biology as a scientific theory
  • 4. Predictions from 1979 and 1982
  • 5. Horizontal gene transfer (HGT)
  • 6. Viral sequences in genomes
  • 7. Further predictions of interstellar panspermia
  • 8. Concluding remarks
  • References
  • Further reading
  • Chapter Five: The mutagenic source and power of our own evolution
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Deaminases as an endogenous source of mutations
  • 3. Deaminases in immunity
  • 4. Deaminase target site access is directed by epigenetic markers
  • 5. Linking deaminase activity to the formation and inheritance of instincts
  • 6. Deaminases in disease
  • 7. The role of deaminases in normal healthy cells
  • 8. The role of big data
  • 9. Consciously directing the evolution of HomoSapv2.0
  • References
  • Chapter Six: Origin of new emergent Coronavirus and Candida fungal diseases-Terrestrial or cosmic?
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Sudden simultaneous emergence of Candida auris infections in separate global regions
  • 3. Sudden emergence new Coronavirus (COVID-19) causing respiratory infections in Wuhan, China and neighboring regions
  • 3.1. Overview of the COVID-19 epidemic
  • 3.2. Detailed analysis of COVID-19 epidemic

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